There's probably a franken/mutant fish that'll perform this elimination. But I found something interesting, so I decided to share it -- a finned Swordfish in conjunction with a quasi-Empty Rectangle pattern.

However, the finned Swordfish has two exo/remote cells -- [r4c7] and [r6c6].

Here's where the combination effect comes into play. If [r4c5]<>5, then the quasi-ER pattern results in [r12c9]=5 and the elimination. If [r4c5]=5, then the exo/remote cells are cleared and the finned Swordfish performs the elimination.

Yes, setting either exo/remote cell to <5> will result in [r12c9]=5, but where's the fun in that.

wapati wrote:I don't understand your Quasi-ER but if it is true what about the extra 5 in r3c2 for your sword?

Eliminations occur only where there's an overlap between the finned Swordfish and the quasi-ER. Neither the finned Swordfish nor the quasi-ER can eliminate <5> in [r3c2] because they are both restricted to [b3].